Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-30

Causes. Principal Forms Etc.-Thc Only
Cure-How Kindness Can b- Avoided
Interesting Facts Concerning tho Opera
| tion.
Cover your straight eye aud. unless par
alyZed, the crooked one becomes straight
ut once, but you will soon discover you
cannot scc ~ well with the 0ther-Oiten
hardly al all. The great value Of biuocular
vision, seeing the same with both eyes nj
once, is lost, the value OF which IL not
fully appreciated by those who have not
enjoyed il.
Does age make any difference?
In Strengthening the eye, no; in tho
sight yes When an eye has been crossed
more than five years the sight IN more or
less damaged, the longer the wore the
sight, except in what IL called alternate
strabismus, when the sight Of each is
good, but only one i, s,rn with at time.
IL il always safe?
| Always IN the hands Of skillful
operator there IL no danger Of injury, or
Of worse condition under any circum-
stances
Il il always best?
For the improvement oi the appearance,
yes. II the sight il all gone and only I'm
proveincnt oi this il desired, no.
How long after M eye II s.eH 10 be
rru-sed or turned should il bc straight
cned?
As soon a. the eye is seer Ia be ,rsna-
nrntly crossed il should bc operated on.
no matter what aye. by doing this tbs
sharpness of the vision will H. prcssryesi.
l. there no other way except by opera
ton
Very seldom. When the strabismus l.
Of lat, occurrence aud depends upon de.
isctiyc rriraction Imperfect focus) a tho
eyes, the wearing OF proper glass.r may
sometimes effect uup~- while the glars4s
are worn.
Again, when il arises from debility after
sickness aud over use they may become
straight as soon ~ the usual sLarnyth "
recovered. Again, when caused by para
lyRis Of some Of The muscles. the eyes may
b.come straight by cure oi the paralysis
What are the cau-sr
Imperfect refractiOn (focusJ BsTvon ar.
icctions, spasms, opacity oi cDrues, tsrnms
on the sight paralysis aud injuries.
Can they always bc Strengthened by op.
Grating on one eye only
1I not CTOrSu OF INV u1oyb
than one quarter Of an inch, usually they
eau. II more than quarter inch. both
will most likely have Ia be operated on.
Il it very painful
No. With the aid Of cocaine the OPEN
ton il rendered almost painless. Patients
frequently tell me that if they had known
il hurt 10 little they would have had 10
done long before. The soreness Ia gone In
one or two days, and in about two weeks
there il no mark or sign Of the operation
except the wonderful improvement In sp-
peaIancr. There IL no possible reason or
excuse why oil proper cases should not 10
operated on, and the sooner the betier.
Mr.. Frank Schenk, No. 10 Eightssnth
street, Wheeling, W. Va, aged nineteen,
eyes crossed since be was six years oi sge.
Sight very much affected Operated upon
by Dr. Slocuin with perfect result
Miss Schambra, No. F7 Main s1rset.
Wheeling, W. Va, eyes crossed Iron birth.
Dr. Slocum operated upon both eyes aud
they are now perfectly straisAt.
Mr.. O'Brien, 1915 Jacob street, Wkssl-
ing. Eyes perfectly Strengthened by Dr.
Slocnm.
Miss Florence Pisbel, Minerva, Ohio,
age nineteen. Eyes crosed for twelve
years. One eye aImoSt blind. After Dr.
Slocum's operation the eyes were perfectly
straight and sight completely restored.
To any interested and dcsirow Of Oh
tanning further Information regarding ths
operation and results, DR.. SloeaS viii
ebeerfully give full description oftbe opsr.
alton, together with q largo sumber Of
other cases successfully operated upos By
him since his residences In Wheeling. No
names are published without consent
Of parties a number are withheld Tor
that reason alone.
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